half a bottle of wine per night - problematic?

Switch over to vaping weed or edibles. Alcohol is way too unhealthy for the body for regular use.

You should switch to Molly Seidel's non-alcoholic beer:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YzI-FPHPPms

Might taste a bit oxidized the next day. Better just to finish the bottle.

grateful head wrote:

most educated professional friends I have do this, often with their partners in which case it will be a fully bottle

they've been doing this for years and to my knowledge are in perfectly good health.

this is probably OK, yes?

Half a bottle a night is full blown alcoholic. You may not realize it, you may delude yourself that it's not a problem for your health or those around you (if there are any), but it's alcoholism.

I lived with a family member who started out like this many years ago, and died from organ failure caused by cirrhosis. It's an ugly, painful way to go, and there are no friends left at the end.

DanM wrote:

Still alive and 8 days away from moving into 4th place on the all-time longest life list:

https://www.foodandwine.com/news/sister-andre-second-oldes-woman-survives-covid-champagne-port

Food and wine .com pushing wine for living longevity.

As others have said, maybe take a couple of nights off each week. And think about Dryuary, dry January, and a dry July. It might help you appreciate pleasure in a glass of wine or two.

I found myself doing the same a few years ago. Forced myself to cut back to one glass per night (every night), and then 6 days a week, then 5 days a week, and I feel much better now. I didn't realize how I had become psychologically dependent on it.

Wasn't there a world champion marathoner from the early 2000s who drank a bottle of wine per day? I remember a thread on here but can't find it.

Lots of terrible information in this thread. Epidemiological studies show that alcohol consumption and mortality follows a J curve. A couple of drinks a day is helpful for reduction of mortality risk. You cross zero at approximately 4 drinks a day. Even at 6 or 7 you are barely increasing your relative risk. As a bottle of wine typically has around 7 or so "drinks/shots" in it, what you are consuming is not only fine but healthy.

Source:

https://www.jacc.org/doi/10.1016/j.jacc.2017.07.710

grateful head wrote:most educated professional friends I have do this, often with their partners in which case it will be a fully bottle

they've been doing this for years and to my knowledge are in perfectly good health.

this is probably OK, yes?

Yes!

I've come to the realization that the addictive nature of alcohol means everybody who drinks is on a slippery slope to alcoholism. The question is whether it is a slow enough journey that you can get to the end of your life first, including breaks you may take. Consistent drinking only goes one way.

I gave up recently as found myself drinking far too much which made me overweight, depressed, and unmotivated to run (not helped by all the races being cancelled).

Must have been a large survey. 1.9% for many studies would be insignificant.

You literally only live once. You can spend it doing things you want to do, or worry about all the potential ways to die. If you want to drink a half a glass a night, do it. If not, don’t do it. People overthink too much. In the end we’re all going to die. You can die with regrets, or die knowing you lived a happy life.

People avoid alcohol and smoking and apply vigorous sunscreen and die at 40 years old of cancer. Others smoke and drink alcohol like water their whole life and live to be 100. Your genes contribute more to cancer than wine.